ILL MANORS
‘Every action, has a reaction’
Boy meets
girl. Girls a hooker, and the boy….well he’s just another Plectroctena* in its kingdom of Animalia.
On the
unforgiving streets of East London, ill
manors follows the footsteps of six desperate lives, being stirred together
in the melting pot, with all the ingredients to jolt even the most street-wise
of humanity. A film for our times - this eye-opener into the foreign land is
hard hitting, and at times, difficult to swallow, yet instinctively, feels
important. A generation out of work, and out of hope.
There is
ex-dealer Kirby, recently released from prison, thug Ed who will stop at nothing
to find his missing phone pimping out troubled Michelle who is just looking for
her next hit. Then there’s the younger of the cast, Jake who finds himself
involved with the local gang leader, Chris, who seeks revenge, and Aaron, our
main protagonist who is just trying to do the right thing.
In its furiously
impassioned attempt to heighten viewer’s insight into the inner-city-Britain,
Ben Drew and his cast of inexperienced actors, and low budget film expertise,
leaves you feeling almost appalled and depressed about the state of our nation.
But the powerful performances and deplorable scenes are enough to make this
film well worth seeing.
Ill Manors
does what Kiddulthood/Adulthood and Shank couldn’t do, and actually attempts to
explore the dark, and gritty, unpleasant circumstances, from gang culture,
bullying and drugs to prostitution, murder and sex trafficking - broken up
briefly by music/lyrics from director Plan B. Showing the nation the harsh
reality of the underclass lives we might be too naïve about.
‘We are all products of our environment. Some
environments are just harder to survive in’
*A type of
ant that attacks another of
its kind to protect its territory.
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